K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee pod system

Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by mattnewton on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @03:44PM (#18719415)

Disclaimer: ex apple engineer with apple stock still.

Apple is serious in a way no other brand I know of is about the recyclability of their products. https://www.apple.com/environment/

I suspect the batteries and serviceability are a drop in the bucket when done directly by the consumer. Apple is very serious about making goods that last and that hold their value when refurbished.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by dima55 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:34PM (#18719909)

No idea if they're serious about recyclability, but keeping an old thing is 100% better than getting a new thing while recycling the old one, environmentally speaking. And Apple's "innovations" make that difficult.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by mattnewton on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:11PM (#18720263)

Apple is also serious about that; the policy under jobs was “we don’t ship junk” and AFAIK that continues today. I know plenty of people still rocking the iPhone 5s, their software support is ahead of other manufacturers I know off and they offer programs to replace worn batteries of all their models in stores, as well as trade in programs for almost all models. I am not aware of any android manufacturers with such long resale value.

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